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J. DOHBNY.

I FIRE GRATE FOR STOVES. No. 312,261. Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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JAMES DOHENY, OF GEDDES, NEIV YORK.

Fl RE=GRATE Foe STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,261,4iated February 17, 1885.

Application filed January 17, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES DOHENY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Geddes, county of Onondaga, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grates for Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a grate having independently detachable grate-bars; and it con sists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete grate with brick rest or foundation, except in front. Fig. 2 is a front view of the grate with a portion cut away, showing the grate-bars in their sockets and connecting with the shaking-bar. Fig. 3 shows a side view of the grate'bar together with a section of back end thereof.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A A represent the brick-rests; B B, the grate-frame with equidistant sockets c a; B, the center piece; 8, the grate-bars; s, the end and center end grate-bars; O, the shaking bar; or, the arm bent at right angles to enter the mortises in the shaking-bar; t, the pin or bolt passing through a loop on the under side of brick frame and entering into loop 22 underneath the grate to hold grate in position; a, the loop on top of grate, into which bolt t is pushed to hold the grate at an angle for removing Cinders.

In Fig. 2, b I) represent the beveled or rounded outer sides of the end and center end gratebars. 1

In Fig. 3, .9 represents a detached grate-bar with round tenons on either end, andmthe arm bent at right angles and extending forward from the shoulder. The grate-frame B is provided with journals M N, that are, supported in the brick-rests A A.

I remove the ashes from the cinders by attaching a lever or hook to the arm of the shaking-rod O and moving it back and forth. I remove the cinders from the coal by using a wrench upon the projecting end of the journal M, withdrawing the bolt t from underneath the grate-frame, and pushing the same into loop a, and then raking them out in front. I raise n p the rear ends of the grate-bars and detach them from the frame.

It is apparent that by rounding the outward sides of the grate-bars at the ends and center ends I provide an equidistant surface which does not clog when the ashes are shaken from the cinder-s, that by making my grate-bars separately detachable I render my grate very durable, and that by dividing my grate'frame in the center with a wide center-piece I prevent the center draft, thereby deadening the heat in the center and throwing it directly underneath the stove-openings.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is The combination, with the socketed grateframe 13, having a broad central cross-piece, B, of the detachable grate-bars .s' s, the outer sides of the end bars and center end bars being rounded for the purpose of always preserving the same space between said bars and the grate-frame, and thereby prevent clogging while the grate is being shaken, substantially as described.

JAMES DOHENY. WVitnesses:

HOMER W'EsToN, M. F. SHERLooK. 

